The determinants of granulocyte yield in 1198 granulocyte concentrates collected from unrelated volunteer donors mobilized with dexamethasone and granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor: A 13-year experience

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 421-426

  Quillen, Karen ^a,b   Yau, Yu Ying ^b   Leitman, Susan F ^b  

^a National Institutes of Health ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CELL SEPARATION; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60149110902     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01997.x     Document Type: Article

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